Wild dog coordinator announces next step

Tim Shepherd, South East Local Land Services’ Wild Dog Coordinator, has announced the next step in wild dog management in the South East.

Tim will be hosting workshops for five of the 13 existing wild dog management groups in the South East in order to review the current plans and establish a path forward.

“The wild dog management plans are a really important tool in managing the risks posed by wild dogs in the South East” Tim said.

“These are cooperative agreements, developed between private and public land managers and look at how we can work together to manage dogs on a local level

“Each plan is tailored for the needs of the area and as such relies on local participation – they are real collaborative efforts”.

The plans operate for five years, in that time there have been legislative changes which means that the plans will need to be reviewed and updated to stay relevant to the needs of public and private land managers today and into the future.